Extraordinary football jersey

Chapter 240 Dream Start
There is hope again for No.5 in the league, which is good news for West Brom.This makes the atmosphere in their team a little easier ahead of the FA Cup.

This is hopeful on both fronts, which makes the West Brom team feel like a good intention.

Although there are opportunities in the league, no, for West Brom, the next FA Cup is more important.

In order to prepare for the FA Cup semi-finals, the West Brom team entered closed training soon after the game against Burnley.

West Brom's opponents in the FA Cup semi-final were too strong, and they had to find ways to increase their winning percentage by any means.

Entering the semi-finals, the opponents naturally cannot be those weak teams, and this time the West Brom team's opponents are not only strong, but also the Arsenal team that has a lot of connections with Yang Daye.

Speaking of which, there are still some stories between Yang Daye and the Arsenal team.He played against Arsenal in the Cup when he was still at Rangers in League One.And he not only won Wenger's praise for his outstanding performance in that game, but also almost went to Arsenal at the beginning of this year.

It is precisely because Yang Daye had such a story with Arsenal.Before the game, some media asked him why he chose Rangers instead of Arsenal.What made him not choose to join Arsenal, which many players dream of?
"I chose Rangers because they could guarantee my playing time. But Arsenal couldn't provide me with such a platform." Yang Daye truthfully confessed.This was the reason for him in the first place, and there was nothing he couldn't tell others.But now everything has proved that his choice is correct.

"What if you were given a second chance to choose? It is said that Wenger still admires you very much."

"I will not regret my choice. However, I am really grateful for Mr. Wenger's appreciation. His appreciation has made me more confident. And in this game, I will perform well and I will try my best to be worthy of his appreciation."

If given a second chance to choose now, Yang Daye is really not sure.Now that he has gained a firm foothold in the Premier League, if he goes to Arsenal, he will not become a marginal player.

And the media also went to interview Wenger with Yang Daye.And Wenger still praised Yang Daye, especially his performance in the match against Manchester City.However, Wenger also said at the end that he would give Yang Daye enough attention in the game.

Wenger said that we should pay attention to it, so naturally he will not lie.Apart from feeling a little pressure on this, Yang Daye is more proud.There are not many players who can make Wenger pay attention.

It may be because Wenger said before the game that he should pay attention to Yang Daye's words, which reminded Pulis.Yang Daye is the biggest reliance of the West Brom team's offense. Once targeted, it will bring many uncertain factors to the game.

Therefore, in order to solve the problem that Yang Daye might be frozen, Pulis arranged for Yang Daye and Chadley to rehearse the offense after the switch before the game.And this is what the game against Burnley inspired Pulis.

Apart from Yang Daye and Wenger's speeches before the game, the two sides did not make any other attention-grabbing remarks.

In the calm, several days of preparations soon came to an end.

The FA Cup semi-final came to the Hawthorn Stadium.

This is the first time since the 07/08 season that West Brom have reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup again after a lapse of nearly ten years.It can be said that this is another major festival for West Brom fans.

Therefore, on the day of the game, the stands of the Hawthorn Stadium were full of West Brom fans in black and white striped shirts.

"Come on! West Brom. Beat Arsenal and reach the final!"

West Brom have won the FA Cup five times in history.But since 1968, they haven't reached the final for decades.At most, it will enter the semi-finals three or four times.Therefore, this time, West Brom fans especially hope that the team can advance to the final.

And because the opponent is Arsenal, they defeated the former a month ago.Therefore, the fans are particularly confident in this game.

It was also for this reason that, except for Yang Daye who did not participate in that game, everyone else in the West Brom team seemed very confident.

"Beat Arsenal and go to the final."

Before the game, such words became the slogan of the West Brom team in the dressing room.

Infected by his teammates, Yang Daye also seemed very excited.To be honest, he also wants to win against Arsenal to avenge his old revenge of being eliminated in the Cup last year.

The West Brom team is quite confident.But after entering the arena, Yang Daye found that it was not so easy to beat Arsenal.

Wilshere, who played against him in the cup last year, and Gibbs, who brought Yang Daye's "Scud" ability package, can only be used as substitutes on the bench.

Sure enough, at this level of knockout, no matter how strong and confident the team is, they will not be careless.

Today's Arsenal fielded their strongest formation.

Sanchez, Ozil, Ramsey and other core Arsenal players were all present.Although the first two are of different levels, they are all players who have reached the bright gold level.

And Yang Daye also unexpectedly discovered that there was a special person in the Arsenal team that caught his attention.That outstanding height and the iconic tank cap, isn't this Cech?
Gold level!

The 35-year-old Cech actually has the strength of the gold level, which really surprised Yang Daye.In his substitute consciousness, at this age, Cech is probably about the same as the elderly goalkeeper Bravo he met before.At most, it is light gold level.

At this age, there is still a gold level, and at the peak, at least the bright gold level.It might even be purple.

It has to be said that Yang Daye admires this point.He just respects these players who can maintain such a strong competitiveness after entering the mid-career.These are the most professional players.

Admiration is nothing but admiration, Yang Daye still feels a lot of pressure for this in his heart.A gold-level goalkeeper, this is the most powerful goalkeeper he has encountered since entering professional football.

Those shallow gold-level goalkeepers before have made it very difficult for him to score a goal.Now here is a gold-level goalkeeper, and Cech is currently the one with the most clean sheets in the Premier League.

Yang Daye was deeply worried about the shooting of himself and his teammates today.

With such worries, Yang Daye followed the team to complete all the admission links.Then, at the referee's whistle, the first FA Cup semi-final of his career began.

With the whistle, the two teams quickly entered the game.

Before the game, West Brom chose the scene at the coin toss.Therefore, the first possession goes to Arsenal.

In the first attack, Arsenal did not rush. Under the organization of Big Eye Ozil, they steadily controlled the ball in West Brom's half.

Arsenal's first attack looked more patient.West Brom's defense was equally patient.

Although the West Brom team is at home and has high morale, facing the obviously stronger Arsenal team, Pulis chose a more pragmatic approach-defensive counterattack.

Entering the semi-finals, Pulis did not dare to be arrogant enough to play against Arsenal.

Defensive counterattack is always the most effective tactic for weak teams, and it is also the key for West Brom to gain a foothold in the Premier League.They have repeatedly relied on defensive counterattacks to win games, even the elimination of Manchester City.

However, today they encountered the Arsenal team.Although the overall strength of the Arsenal team is not as good as that of Manchester City, the record in recent years is not very good.But they are more threatening to the West Brom team because they have Giroud, an excellent high center forward.

With a height of 1 meters, Giroud is like a powerful B-92 bomber for the West Brom team who likes dense defense.This Arsenal's first offense was finally completed by Giroud.

After a dizzying series of plays in front of the penalty area, Arsenal saw a pass from Ozil into the penalty area, and then Giroud carried Evans with a sideways volley.

"Wow!"

Although he didn't make the goal this time, the West Brom team was scared into a cold sweat.Yang Daye couldn't help but patted his chest.He watched Giroud's movements from behind and almost thought he had scored a goal.

This is just the beginning, if the ball is lost so quickly, the consequences will be disastrous.It is estimated that this game will lose [-]% first.

"Fortunately, I didn't score. But today is difficult. It feels more difficult than Manchester City."

Seeing these performances of Giroud, Yang Daye knew that his side could restrain the obviously undersized Manchester City team, but it would not have that effect against Arsenal.

Before he knew it, the pressure on Yang Daye's body became heavier.

This is the end of the first defense without any danger.Then it was West Brom's turn to attack.

What kind of offensive organization this time is likely to determine the situation of the game.

Yang Daye is very cautious about this.After Arsenal's attack ended, he quickly ran to the front field, ready to participate in the attack.

Soon, the West Brom team launched an attack.

Although it was a goal kick, goalkeeper Foster chose to pass the ball to the defender in order to ensure that the first attack did not fail easily.Start the attack from the back line.

West Brom were also cautious and patient.They intended to play a defensive counterattack, but did not rush to attack half-court, but led their feet in their own half-court first.After attracting Arsenal's frontcourt players to come up and press, Livermore suddenly made a long pass to the left.

And this time, it was not Chadley who was on the left, but Yang Daye.He switched positions with Chadley as he ran forward.

And it was the change of positions between him and Chadley that prevented the Arsenal defenders who hadn't prepared much beforehand to follow Yang Daye immediately.

Livermore passed the long pass very well this time, hitting the area between full-back Bellerin and Ozil directly.This allowed Yang Daye to face Bellerin alone after he got the ball.

Being able to face it calmly, Yang Daye decided to try to attack Bellerin.

Yang Daye first made a pedal bicycle, pretending to cut in, and then quickly changed to the side with a deep-fried meatball.After avoiding Bellerin's outstretched foot to intercept, Yang Daye strode directly to the bottom line.

Relying on the speed of full sprint, Yang Daye successfully completed the bottom.Then, before Bellerin caught up and intercepted, a fast and low cross passed into the penalty area.

In the penalty area, the West Brom team only has Rondon in the middle and Chadley who outflanks the back point later.As for the other teammates, they couldn't keep up to form a second layer of impact for the time being.

In the penalty area, Arsenal had four or five players rushing back.Surrounded Longdong and Chadley.

With so few troops, Yang Daye didn't have much confidence in his cross being snatched by his teammates.

And what Yang Daye saw seemed to be the same.Longdong was caught by two defenders one after the other, and his speed was not faster than the defender.Basically, it can be determined that the ball will be destroyed by the Arsenal defender first.

Sure enough, it was Arsenal defender Koscielny who touched the ball first.

Disappointment flashed across Yang Daye's heart instantly.Only less than 0.5 seconds later, a look of astonishment appeared on his face, which then turned into ecstasy.

"I copy!"

what do i seeThe ball went in!
Yes, Koscielny did hit the ball first and fell to the ground.It's just that when he cleared the siege, he didn't control the direction of the ball well, and it hit the crossbar, and then bounced into the goal.

No matter how powerful Cech is, no matter how concentrated he is, no matter how clean his opponent is, Cech is helpless.

"Wow! Oh!! A goal! Own goal!"

"Whoahaha. We're ahead. They gave us a big gift!"

"Oh God. We met an angel today."

The entire Hawthorn Stadium boiled instantly, whether it was fans, players, or even members of the coaching staff, everyone was full of surprises.

Yang Daye and his teammates also shouted excitedly.

"It's such a surprise!"

Yang Daye thought that his side would take the lead, but he really didn't expect it to be so fast, and it was an own goal from the opponent.

He felt that he was favored by the goddess of luck today.

And after celebrating with his teammates for a while, Yang Daye still felt a little unreal.Such a quick goal, and it was an own goal from the opponent, Yang Daye doubted whether he had used some special ability inadvertently.

He couldn't help but check to see if "Thinking about Life" was opened by himself.

But "Thinking about Life" has not been opened, and it is still in a state of being openable.

If it didn't start to think about life, it can only be said that Yang Daye and the West Brom team were very lucky today.

It was a real surprise.Yang Daye smiled very happily.Seeing Koscielny muttering to himself with a blank face, Yang Daye could only recite silently in his heart.

"Thank you, brother. For your precious gift, if you have a chance in the future, I will treat you to a big meal."

After the two sides kicked off again, the West Brom fans at home began to sing in unison.

And the West Brom players were all smiling.It feels like they have already won half of this game.

Within a few minutes of the opening, when he attacked for the first time, the opponent sent an own goal.

It was a fantastic start.

(End of this chapter)